Baghdad car bomb

(VOVworld) - Two car bombs exploded in the Iraqi capital on Monday, killing at least 14 people and wounding at least 30.
According to security and medical officials, one bomb exploded on a main commercial street in the Mashtal area of east Baghdad, and the other exploded on a similar road in the Amriyah area of west Baghdad. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for multiple car bombings in Baghdad in recent weeks. Baghdad suffers near-daily bombings and shootings that kill hundreds of people each month. … [Read more...] about Baghdad car bombs kill at least 14

Car bombs and suicide attacks targeting mainly Shi'ite Muslim districts of Baghdad killed 35 people on Sunday, one of the heaviest recent tolls in the Iraqi capital, which has faced a wave of bombings by Islamic State militants.
The deadliest attack hit the northern Shaab neighborhood, where a car bomb followed by a suicide blast killed 19 people, security and medical sources said. The car exploded near a crowded market and, as police and bystanders gathered, an attacker detonated explosives strapped to his body.
In Bunouk district in the capital's northeast, a bomb in a car killed nine people, the sources said. Security forces were sweeping areas nearby, some with sniffer dogs, after receiving information about two further possible bombs, they said.
More than 100 people were wounded in the three explosions.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Islamic State militants who control much of northern Iraq and the province of Anbar west of Baghdad regularly send bombers … [Read more...] about Baghdad car bombs and suicide attacks kill 35: sources

Two near-simultaneous car bombs rocked Baghdad on Sunday killing at least 29 people and wounding 111 in the Iraqi capital's deadliest day in a month. The violence was the worst to hit Iraq since US troops declared an official end to combat operations on September 1, and comes with no new government yet formed since a March general election. The twin blasts struck near the Aden junction in north Baghdad and in the residential district of Mansur in the west of the capital at around 10:10 am (0710 GMT), AFP journalists and security officials said. An interior ministry official put the death toll at 29 -- 19 died in the Aden explosion, and 10 in Mansur. "It was a minibus -- the driver stopped and told people nearby that he was going to go see a doctor," said Abu Abdullah, 40, who was near the site of the Aden bombing. "A few minutes later, it exploded." An AFP journalist at the scene said the blast, against an office of the Iraqi Federal Police, left a crater three metres (10 feet) in … [Read more...] about Twin Baghdad car bombs kill 29

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Twin suicide car bombs blasted the justice ministry and the provincial offices in central Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 90 people and sparking turmoil in the embattled Iraqi capital.
Around 600 people were wounded in the attacks, which occurred within minutes of each other at around 10:30 am (0730 GMT) and left streets littered with charred bodies and torn-off limbs.
The blasts destroyed dozens of cars and shattered water pipes, spewing dirty water on to nearby streets.
Authorities closed off roads leading to the bomb sites as fire trucks and ambulances struggled through thick traffic to reach the blazing buildings.
One of the attacks occurred at a busy intersection near the ministries of justice and labour, while the other was opposite the Baghdad provincial government offices in Salhiyeh neighbourhood.
At least 90 people were killed and 632 people were injured, according to a tally of tolls from four hospitals in central Baghdad -- Al-Karama, Ibn Nafis, … [Read more...] about Twin Baghdad car bombings kill 90

At least 17 people were killed and dozens more wounded by a wave of car bombings in central Baghdad on Monday, most of them in a predominantly Shi'ite district, police and witnesses said.
The bombings came as Iraq's deeply divided government prepared to host a second round of rare talks between arch rivals Iran and the United States in the capital on Tuesday to discuss Iraqi security.
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The deadliest attack hit the northern Shaab neighborhood, where a car bomb followed by a suicide blast killed 19 people, security and medical sources said. The car exploded near a crowded market and, as police and bystanders gathered, an attacker detonated explosives strapped to his body. In Bunouk district in the capital's northeast, a bomb in a car killed nine people, the sources said. Security forces were sweeping areas nearby, some with sniffer dogs, after receiving information about two further possible bombs, they said. More than 100 people were wounded in the three explosions. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Islamic State militants who control much of northern Iraq and the province of Anbar west of Baghdad regularly send bombers into the capital. Earlier on July 12, a suicide bomber killed five people in Kadhimiya neighborhood, home to one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrines, shortly before dusk and the end of the daily Ramadan fast. Another bomb in the Iskan … [Read more...] about Baghdad car bombs and suicide attacks kill 35

Islamic State was behind the larger blast, according to the Amaq news agency which supports the group. The attack on a security checkpoint in the northern al-Husseiniya district killed nine people and wounded 28 others. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the second bombing, which targeted an army convoy in Arab al-Jabour, an area of date palm groves on Baghdad's southern outskirts. Three people were killed there, and 11 others were wounded. The Iraqi government has retaken several major cities from Islamic State in the past year, including the western cities of Ramadi and Hit, and slowly pushed the militants back towards the Syrian border. Security has gradually improved in Baghdad, which witnessed daily attacks a decade ago, though bombings against the security forces and Shi'ite residential or commercial areas are still a regular occurrence. A blast claimed by Islamic State hit a Shi'ite Muslim mosque on April 22. The rise of the ultra-hardline Sunni group, which is … [Read more...] about At least 12 dead in two Baghdad car bomb attacks

Iraqi men mourn over bodies after they lost five members of their family in a suicide bombing that ripped through Baghdad’s busy shopping district of Karrada, during a funeral Najaf, on Sunday. — AFP/VNA Photo
Viet Nam News BAGHDAD— Iraq begins three days of national mourning on Monday for almost 120 people killed by a suicide bombing in a busy Baghdad shopping district claimed by Islamic State jihadists, the deadliest attack in the capital this year. The blast hit the Karrada district early on Sunday as the area was packed with shoppers ahead of this week’s holiday marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced three days of national mourning for the victims as he visited the site of the attack, and his office said he had vowed to "punish" the perpetrators. He also ordered changes to Baghdad security measures in response to the bombing, which security officials said killed at least 119 people and wounded … [Read more...] about Iraq mourns 119 killed in Baghdad car bombing

Hightened security is seen on the streets of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on May 8, 2011. — AFP/VNA Photo
BAGHDAD — Car bombs ripped through car parks at two high-profile Baghdad hotels on Thursday that had been targeted in deadly attacks five years before, killing at least five people, police said. The explosions occurred just before midnight and were heard across the city centre. According to police and an interior ministry source, at least 13 people were also wounded. One of the bombs exploded at the Ishtar, shattering windows of the recently renovated hotel and turning rows of cars and SUVs into piles of charred, twisted metal. People traipsed through the site of the blast inside the walled hotel compound, while a group of men struggled to remove the smashed windshield from an SUV on the other side of the hotel. The Ishtar is a popular site for wedding celebrations, and the area – which also includes a club and the Palestine hotel – is crowded with people … [Read more...] about Car bombs rock two upmarket Baghdad hotels, five dead

A wave of car bombs struck in and around Baghdad onMonday morning, killing at least 29 people, security and medicalofficials said. An Iraqi policeman mans a checkpoint on July 23, 2013 in thecapital Baghdad. Nine car bombs hit seven different areas of Baghdad, five of themShiite-majority, while another exploded in Mahmudiyah to the south ofthe capital. The blasts also wounded at least 129 people. Two more car bombs exploded in Kut, southeast of the Iraqi capital, killing at least five people and wounding 35. With the latest unrest, more than 770 people have been killed inviolence in July and over 3,000 since the beginning of the year,according to AFP figures based on security and medical sources. Iraq has faced years of attacks by militants, but analysts saywidespread discontent among members of its Sunni Arab minority that thegovernment has failed to address has fuelled the surge this year. … [Read more...] about Car bombs kill at least 29 in Baghdad province